Chapter 2442 Clan
Wei Zhi returned to the yamen on time, and in the afternoon he took some official documents to the emperor for processing.
The emperor showed no signs of abnormality, so Wei Zhi didn't know that the emperor's back and waist were a little sore because he hadn't exercised for a long time and suddenly ran for an hour.
Manbao and the others sent all the guests away and immediately ran to the back to find Princess Mingda and Princess Changyu.
Princess Changyu blushed slightly, and Manbao bumped her shoulder with a smile, jokingly asking, "Is it because of Lord Wei?"
Chang Yu blushed, but he glanced at Bai Shan and said, "Stop teasing me."
Who doesn’t have a fiancé? Do you want to hurt each other?
Manbao stopped talking and said to the two of them, "Let's go play."
The group quietly slipped out from the east door.
After they got on the carriage, Mingda finally remembered to ask, "What about your guests?"
"Almost everyone has left," Manbao said. "We chose today specifically to hold the banquet. The adults have to go back to the government offices, and some ladies have to go home to take care of their children. The ones who are still staying with us are either very close to our family or some elderly ladies who don't have much to do."
For these people, not to mention Grandmother Liu and her mother, her sisters-in-law alone are enough. There is no need for them to come together to entertain them. Even if there is a reason, the family can find plenty of them.
Manbao was right. Now only Mrs. Tang and Miss Fu were left in the Zhou residence. However, they were about to say goodbye and were standing in the front yard about to get on the carriage.
Because of Zhou Man, Mrs. Tang and Miss Fu Er have a good relationship. Although they are not particularly close in the past two years, they occasionally make appointments to go out for dinner and shopping together, and can be considered a group of people who can get along well.
At this time, Mrs. Tang wanted to invite Miss Fu Er to come over and make friends with her cousin.
She really liked Miss Fu Er's intelligence and character. She heard that her life was not very good in the past. When she gave birth, her in-laws dared to abandon her and save the baby, and did not allow her to see a doctor. But she heard that she is now the head of the family, and her mother-in-law has to ask her for money even if she wants to buy half a piece of cloth. Her father-in-law's salary does not go through the hands of her father-in-law and mother-in-law, but is handed directly to her.
Even in this situation, her father-in-law still praised her, thinking that their family had married a good daughter-in-law, and helped suppress her mother-in-law and husband.
She had seen the couple on the road before. Yue Dalang looked elegant and seemed to love his wife very much, but he also wanted to be gentle with Fu Erxiaoyi when buying her an inkstone.
Mrs. Tang, who knew the previous situation, did not feel pity for Yue Dalang. Instead, she spat at him secretly and cursed him: It turns out that most men are dogs.
Their old Tang was an accident.
County Magistrate Tang didn't realize that his wife was praising him in her heart. He sneezed twice in a row when he returned to the county office. He rubbed his nose and said happily, "Someone misses me."
Mrs. Tang hoped that her cousin could learn these methods from Fu Er, of course, not to use them on the Ma family, because the Ma family no longer needed them.
But this kind of dominance and ability can be learned.
Fu Er's disadvantage is his family background. If the Fu family was of higher status than the Yue family, they would not have kept Fu Er in the Yue family and would have divorced him long ago.
In the Jin Dynasty, daughters were still very respected.
The carriage had only gone a short distance when Mrs. Tang noticed that the several cars that had just turned the corner looked familiar. "That seems to be the carriage Zhou Man and his friends often ride in. Are the guards beside them the guards of the Bai family?"
Mrs. Tang frowned and asked in confusion, "Didn't they say that the three of them got drunk from the toast and are lying down and can't get up?"
Madam Tang's maid also took a closer look and said uncertainly, "Maybe he's going to see someone off. Didn't they say that many relatives from the Bai family are coming?"
Mrs. Tang sneered, "They? I'm afraid they won't leave until night. If they stay later, they might not want to leave."
Yes, the Bai family members did not leave and were still talking to Old Madam Liu and Qian.
Bai was very satisfied with this marriage, and she even secretly felt that Bai Shan's current situation was partly due to Zhou Man's influence.
The Bai clan had been quietly discussing that if Bai Shan hadn't been accompanied by Zhou Man, the famous young doctor in the capital, he wouldn't have been able to enter the palace, let alone file a complaint with the emperor.
Beating the drum to file a complaint would cost him half his life, how could it be more appropriate and sensational than him going directly to the emperor to file a complaint?
He gained fame through this.
Because Zhou Man was going to treat the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, he followed them into the Chongwen Hall and immediately became the Crown Prince's companion.
This time, he was granted a title because he followed Zhou Man on his journey west to search for a medicine prescription. That's when he encountered the Western Expedition. With luck, he helped from the inside and captured the city of Kucha. Otherwise...
So Zhou Man is a blessed man, and whoever is next to him will benefit.
There are those who are envious, but there are even more who are jealous.
Therefore, the old ladies and wives of the Bai family's relatives were particularly enthusiastic towards Qian and the Zhou family's sisters-in-law, and they were eager to live in the Zhou family's house.
Unfortunately, it was impossible. Not to mention the Zhou family, even Old Lady Liu didn't seem to understand their implication that living in the capital was difficult. She just sighed and said, "Yes, the prices in the capital are too high, and houses are expensive too. Everything is expensive."
Qian even said, "If our family didn't have Manbao's salary and her brothers could still work to earn some money for the family, we wouldn't dare to stay in the capital. It's too expensive."
Old Madam Liu sighed even more, "That's right. Our family relies on the few acres of land we still have, and the rent from the shop, to support Shanbao's studies. Otherwise, we, two widows, would be unemployed, and I don't know what we would do."
Qian agreed, "It's difficult for my in-laws too."
Madam Liu smiled and said, "Thanks to Man Bao's kindness, he specially let us stay here. This saved us a lot of rent. Otherwise, it would be even more difficult."
The Bai clan members smiled somewhat reluctantly. They didn't know that Old Madam Liu had two houses in the capital, but they knew that Bai Shan and his family rented a house in Changqing Lane after they came to the city. Now, the house in Changqing Lane was bought by Bai Daluo's family.
But I heard that the place is not big, just enough for the couple to live in. As the younger brother-in-law, Bai Erlang doesn't want to go back and squeeze in, so he has been living with his husband at Zhou Man's place.
That's right, Bai Shan and Bai Erlang must have a legitimate reason to live here. Of course, it can't be because Bai Shan is Man Bao's fiancé. It would be too much of a freeloader if it got out.
Therefore, all along, the Zhou and Bai families' claim to the outside world was that they lived here with Mr. Zhuang.
It is natural for a teacher to live with his students, and it is also natural for other students to live with their teacher. This happens a lot in other people's homes, so no one thinks it is wrong.
However, this time, the Bai clan couldn't help but whisper to Old Madam Liu, "Our Shanbao is a Viscount after all. Although he lives with Mr. Zhuang, this is also his fiancée's home. It's not good for him to live here forever. It's better to buy another house and move out as soon as possible, otherwise he will not be able to support himself in front of the Yue family in the future."
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(End of this chapter)
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